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Originally Posted by tompe
Probably an instance of the Halo effect ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect).
Also it seems to me that the pro-Amazon people are more active and just drown out everybody else. It is like arguing with fanatics and you sometimes stop to do it because it is not worth the time. |
On line, the phenomenon is referred to as mobbing, i.e. a group of people who attack anyone who disagrees with the group opinion. I think that it's pretty mild here, though it does exist. I've seen it much, much worse in other boards.